Passing variable information between classes

[zen_to_go]

This code works, I just want to know if the structure is good or bad?
I want to know your opinions on the best way to pass variable results
between classes.

If I write a class that calculates tax etc and I want to pass that result to another class to be used in an array or another calculation should I do it like this?

public class totalMe {

	private static String word;

	/**
	 * @param args
	 * @param word 
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
	smallSum sm = new smallSum();
	
	
		
	System.out.print(sm.TheWord(word));	
		
		

	}

}


class smallSum{
	
	public String TheWord(String word){
		
	word ="did it work?";	
	
	return word;
		
		
	}
	
	
	
	

}

Thanks for your time ---

ZTG

[JavaBean]

Yes, "information passing between the classes" looks good to me. But you should better to practice on Sun's code conventions.